Biography

Name

Peter Willis

Nickname

peter-willis

Year of Birth

1939

Gender

Male

Location

Adelaide, South Australia

Short Bio

Diagnosed in 2016, Currently noticeable stiffness and slowness, minor tremors and debilitating exhaustion. Still active in : Fostering conviviality at our monthly Practice story sharing, weekly Folk singing, monthly Creative writing meetings and weekly Moving with music

Discovered and benefited from healing exercise story from Michael Wiese a person with PD (Video Clip),  and Wiese’s  Movement therapist, Alex Kerten founder of Gyro-Kenetics (Goodbye Parkinson’s: Hello Life)

Published a paper about Michael Wiese’s helpful pedagogy

  • (ref: Willis, Peter. (2019)  ‘It helped me I hope it helps you: Michael Wiese’s tentative, invitational pedagogy.  New Community Vol 17, Issue 66 pp. 52 -with illness. Interested in reading stories of PD experience. 57)   

Published essays from people living

  • ref:  Willis, P. & Leeson Kate (eds) (2012) Learning life from illness stories  Mt Gravatt (Queensland): Post Pressed

Interested in human creative imagination as a secular source of soul  and spirit growth                                          7

Want to communicate with Jean Mellano for possible collaboration

 

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